TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 11 August 1925, Page 18

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A.J.T." Fokaka, says lie has a little j steam engine driven by an eight h.p. ■ boiler, ■working at lOOlti pressure. He ' wishes to know whether he would in- I crease the power 01 the engine by j using a larger boiler still working at j the same pressure, gamely 1001b. I'ro- J viding- that the boiler is large enough j to generate sufficient steam for the j engine without necessitating abnormal i firing, then there would Ik? no advantage in increasing the size of the | boiler, which might be a.- large :i> a lioum? and .-till give no more power. ! The only way to increase the power j i>f the engine would be to increase the ! boiler pressure. A boiler that is i sufficiently large to generate the ] amount of steam used by the engine | is more economical than a larger boilei j working at the same pressure. "T. OK."—The High I'omniissioner in i London nnd a musical expert have i lippn depnteil by the Government to, select a gentleman to organise musical j education in our primary schools. The [ curriculum will be a matter for the j organiser. There is no indication of | any Musi.- Teachers' Bill j being brought before Parliament this ' session. ' •S.l."—i onsult Whitaker's Almanack or Hazel! s Annual.